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** Charlie is on a planet with really weak gravity.

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** Charlie is on a planet planet, dwarf planet, or other object with really weak gravity.

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* '''Subverted:''' It may look small, but Charlie's parachute is much bigger underneath the cloth.

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* '''Subverted:''' '''Subverted:'''
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It may look small, but Charlie's parachute is much bigger underneath the cloth.cloth.
** That's just the pilot chute. [[note]][[OhCrap Did it just rip away before it could pull out the main chute?]][[/note]]
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** '''Inverted:''' Charlie's parachute is a whopping '''150 feet''' in diameter-way bigger than needed in real life.

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** * '''Inverted:''' Charlie's parachute is a whopping '''150 feet''' in diameter-way bigger than needed in real life.
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* '''Exploited:''' The BigBad takes

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* '''Exploited:''' The BigBad takestakes advantage of this and tricks Charlie into skydiving, giving him a parachute too small for him so he won't stop the EvilPlan.
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'''Basic Trope:''' A character uses a parachute that would realistically be too small for them.
* '''Straight:''' Charlie's parachute is only 4 feet in diameter.
* '''Exaggerated:''' Charlie's parachute is only about 18 inches in diameter, and yet it still manages to work properly.
* '''Downplayed:''' Charlie owns a parachute with a 9.5-foot diameter, slightly smaller than one in real life.
* '''Justified:'''
** Charlie hails from a species of really tiny people, his parachute being big enough to hold him.
** Charlie couldn't find any parachute his size at the store, and the 4-foot one was the closest available.
** Charlie wants to test out what size is reasonable for him.
** It's an ImprovisedParachute made with what little material Charlie had at the time.
** Charlie is on a planet with really weak gravity.
** '''Inverted:''' Charlie's parachute is a whopping '''150 feet''' in diameter-way bigger than needed in real life.
* '''Subverted:''' It may look small, but Charlie's parachute is much bigger underneath the cloth.
* '''Double Subverted:''' But that's just excess material that was never cut off.
* '''Parodied:''' ???
* '''Zigzagged:''' [[YourSizeMayVary The size of the parachute varies]] depending on its appearance.
* '''Averted:'''
** Charlie uses a parachute of a reasonable size.
** Charlie doesn't use a parachute.
* '''Enforced:''' The creators want to make the parachute and the wearer visible to the audience in their full form.
* '''Lampshaded:''' "You sure this parachute is big enough?"
* '''Invoked:''' ???
* '''Exploited:''' The BigBad takes
* '''Defied:''' Charlie does his research and decides to buy a parachute that's big enough for him.
* '''Discussed:''' ???
* '''Conversed:''' ???
* '''Deconstructed:''' Charlie opens up his 4-foot parachute, but it turns out to have no effect on his descent, and at the end he dies or gets seriously injured.
* '''Reconstructed:''' ???
* '''Played for Laughs:''' ???
* '''Played for Drama:''' ???
* '''Played for Horror:''' ???

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